Eric Choh, vice president of operations for Fab 8, the multi-billion-dollar semiconductor plant being erected by GlobalFoundries in Malta, Saratoga County, has been named vice president and interim general manager of the facility. He succeed Norm Armour, who accepted another position outside GlobalFoundries, the company said Friday. “Eric Choh has been a key member of […]
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The GlobalFoundries-Town of Malta Foundation announced Monday the appointment of Karen Heggen as the organization’s fifth member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is now fully assembled and will begin accepting applications for grants to support the local community from organizations like not-for-profit corporations, charitable organizations, community arts and theater groups, community […]
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﻿GlobalFoundries Thursday morning announced a change in top management, replacing CEO Doug Grose, a Cooperstown native and graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, with Ajit Manocha, who will serve as interim CEO. The company, which is building a $4.6 billion semiconductor plant in Malta, also announced a new executive chairman and a vice chairman […]
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GlobalFoundries on Monday began moving the first 200 employees into Fab 8, the $4.6 billion computer chip factory being built at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Malta. The first wave of employees is involved in facilities, information technology, manufacturing, industrial engineering, factory automation and production control. They are moving into the third floor of […]
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The nanotechnology industry in the Capital Region is the focus of a front page story in the Sunday Los Angeles Times, which describes the growth of the Albany Nanotech complex, the government’s role in funding it and the construction of the new semiconductor plant by GlobalFoundries, the manufacturing operation spun off by Advanced Micro Devices. […]
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Raj Rajaratnam, who founded the Wall Street hedge fund Galleon Group, was found guilty Wednesday morning of five conspiracy charges and nine securities fraud charges in a Wall Street insider trading case that involved a number of technology companies, including Advanced Micro Devices and its plan to spin off its manufacturing unit into a separate […]
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Auto manufacturers are facing a shortage of microprocessors following Japan’s devastating earthquake last month. The quake on March 11 damaged a chip factory operated by Renesas Electronics that produces customized microprocessors, supplying about 40 percent of the world market, according to this morning’s New York Times. While some work has been transferred to another Renesas […]
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GlobalFoundries, the semiconductor manufacturer that’s building a $4.6 billion chip fabrication plant in Malta, said it’s looking at the impact the earthquake in Japan is having on its business, according to a report today from Zawya Dow Jones. “Twenty per cent of the entire semiconductor industry comes from Japan, but a lot more than that […]
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My colleague Larry Rulison is reporting the following, with complete coverage in Saturday’s Times Union: MALTA — GlobalFoundries, which is nearing completion on the building that will house its $4.6 billion computer chip factory, announced late Friday that it is planning a new administrative building on the same site. The company, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., said […]
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GlobalFoundries, the company building a massive plant in Malta, has a new parent company. The Advanced Technology Investment Co., majority owner of GlobalFoundries, has been acquired by Mubadala Development Co. Both companies are owned by the Abu Dhabi government. Mubadala said it plans no changes to how GlobalFoundries operates. Investment plans for GlobalFoundries facilities — […]
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